Pacific Media Watch
Pacific Media Watch is compiled for the Pacific Media Centre as a regional media freedom and educational resource by a network of journalists, students, stringers and commentators.
RSF condemns ‘tax evasion’ charge used to harass Philippine website
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders has condemned the tax evasion charges that the Philippine Department of Justice is bringing against the independent news...
Report fake page to Facebook plea from Fiji Times editor
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The Fiji Times has appealed to readers to report a fake Facebook account purporting to be the official page of the...
FijiFirst scores head start on social media for election, says journalist
By Rahul Bhattarai in Auckland
Fijians are counting down for their general election on Wednesday after early voting that started on November 5.
Prime Minister Voreqe...
Fiji PM rebukes journalist when challenged on media freedom laws
By Hannah Sinclair of SBS in Lautoka
Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says the country’s restrictive media laws are not affecting next week's general election.
Journalists...
‘Rethink’ say ABC friends condemning Canberra’s Pacific media plan
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A public broadcasting advocacy group has condemned Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s plan to commercialise Pacific broadcasting as not being able...
JERAA launches new collaborative public interest journalism platform
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A new platform for storytelling and public interest journalism, showcasing the best work produced by Australian university journalism programmes, has been...
Solomon Islands students impressive at 18th USP journalism awards
By Wansolwara Staff
Solomon Islands student journalists impressed at the annual University of the South Pacific media awards marking the 50th year of the Fiji-based...
BDS activists reject Israeli fine, raise $33,000 for Gaza stress health
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Two New Zealand activists have raised thousands of dollars through crowdfunding after an Israeli court fined them for their role in...
Timor-Leste GMN media group ‘sacks’ editor over role on Press Council
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The news editor for National Media Group (GMN) in Timor-Leste has been dismissed due to his role as the TL Press...
Vanuatu Daily Post … latest news hot off the free press
"How your newspaper gets to you" ... Vanuatu Daily Press press rolling with the day's news. Video: VDP
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The Vanuatu Daily Post,...
Banabans of Rabi short climate change documentary chosen for Nuku’alofa
The trailer for Hele Ikimotu and Blessen Tom's short Bearing Witness documentary. Video: Banabans of Rabi
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A short documentary, Banabans of Rabi...
Pacific storytelling with a focus on the ignored and ‘untold’ issues
A video made by an AUT screen production graduate, Sasya Wreksono, marking the 10th anniversary of the Pacific Media Centre. Video: PMC
PROFILE: By Craig...
NZ aid workers’ open letter condemns broadcaster for Pacific ‘leeches’ attack
By RNZ Pacific
OPINION: An open letter to broadcaster Heather du Plessis-Allan on behalf of New Zealanders who have worked, and those are who are...
Tongan scholars lodge protests over broadcaster’s Pacific ‘leeches’ jibe
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News
Tongan community leaders and top scholars in New Zealand will complain to the Human Rights Commission against broadcaster...
Tahiti’s Salmon fined for defaming president with ‘vote buying’ claim
By RNZ Pacific
A senior French Polynesian politician has been fined for defaming the president Edouard Fritch during the election campaign in April.
The criminal court...
Kupu: New app translates objects into te reo Māori
Te Rina Kowhai reports for Te Karere. Video: TVNZ
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A new app developed by Spark and Google in conjunction with the Research...
RSF open letter plea to Suu Kyi for Myanmar journalists’ freedom
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Five days after Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were sentenced to seven years in prison on a trumped-up...
Stick to our Forum visa rules, Nauru warns media via Twitter
By RNZ Pacific
The Nauru government has taken to Twitter to warn journalists they are not above the law as they cover the Pacific Islands...
Media freedom commentators condemn Nauru ‘gag’ actions
By RNZ Morning Report
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern arrived today for the leader's retreat at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru where she...
TVNZ Pacific reporter released after being detained in Nauru
Television New Zealand Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver tells media of her three-hour detention by Nauru police after interviewing a refugee today. She was stripped...
Nauru authorities detain TVNZ Pacific reporter for interviewing refugee
By RNZ Pacific
New Zealand journalist Barbara Dreaver has been detained by authorities in Nauru while covering the Pacific Islands Forum summit, reports Television New...
RSF condemns jail terms for two Myanmar journalists in ‘sham trial’
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders has condemned the seven-year prison sentences imposed on two Reuters reporters in the Myanmar city of Yangon yesterday...
